Associations to the word «Yardbird»

Wiktionary

YARDBIRD, noun. (chiefly US) (slang) A chicken.
YARDBIRD, noun. (chiefly US) (slang) A person who is imprisoned.
YARDBIRD, noun. (chiefly US) (slang) A soldier who is required to perform menial work on the grounds of a military base.

Dictionary definition

YARDBIRD, noun. A military recruit who is assigned menial tasks.
YARDBIRD, noun. A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn